What’s the most you would spend on a jumper?

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I was looking for some new knitwear on Next online as they do lots of different brands. I saw two I liked, one from All Saints at £139 and one from Reiss at £178. I would never pay that for a jumper! Plus they were hand wash which also puts me off as I never hand wash anything these days.

£40-£45 would be about my price range. Does anyone pay that much as the norm? Is the quality much different at that price?

I love clothes and fashion but trying not to spend too much this year for obvious reasons but want to get a few things for the winter which are practical and warm and will update my wardrobe a bit.

I just spent £110 of birthday money on a fjallraven jumper. I dithered between it and an eribe one. It is a fairisle style and I love it,hope to get years worth of wear out of it,it suits my lifestyle outdoorsy and living in the Highlands. It is pure wool so handwash.
I'd go for it x

I hand-wash all my jumpers if they have a high percentage of wool.

I'd happily pay up to £100 or so, but would look after them and expect them to last years.

Have paid a lot more than this - but only for cashmere.
it really depends how much you’ll love it and how much wear you’ll get out of it.

Every jumper i have ever bought cheap or expensive bobbles if i so much as look at it and then i feel scruffy so dont wear it. Particularly around the boobs and under the arms.

This means i stick to sweatshirts which is a shame as i see other people in knitwear and think they look so chic!

So a result i wouldnt pay a lot for one as i would be devastated if it bobbled!

I can't wash things without ruining them, everything loses its vibrancy and gets bobbles so I daren't risk anything above Primark. And it's not Primark things being the cause because I've ruined a fair number of pricer items.

Depends what it’s made of.

So much of the cheaper end of knitwear in high street shops is made of acrylic, I’ve learned over the years that this is a false economy as it bobbles and goes shapeless as soon as I wash it.

I spent £40 once on a cashmere one in the sale. Wouldn't again as one is enough to wear on special occasions. I buy merino second hand. Wouldn't consider over £20 for cotton or acrylic or similar.

I spent £200 on one from Cove. Ive never worn it. Generally I spend around £100 - £130.

I just spent £140 on a jumper I’ve wanted for years from Patagonia.
if the quality is good and will last me a while I don’t mind spending as much

I spent £180 on a jumper & it was money well spent.

I like cashmere but always wait for the sales. I often buy in March/April and keep them until next winter, it's the best way to get a bargain!

I bought a Whistles jumper last week which was £199.

it’s cashmere though, which is always £££. I have no clue how to hand wash, so I use the hand wash setting on the machine.

Tbh, I think cheap jumpers look cheap Expensive ones are worth it for the cost per wear. I wear decent jumpers for 3 or 4 winters.

About £100 would be my maximum, but it would have to be decent quality and I'd have to really love it

I have paid up to about £400 for my cashmere stuff.

Do you ever manage to buy new, decent quality woollen jumpers for that price, OP? I’d be surprised, if so. Even Community Clothing - who are scrupulous about not imposing greedy mark-ups - don’t sell woollen jumpers for £40.

So if you want to be warm but also save money you’d be better off buying vintage (or old school second hand) wool. Far better value and functionality than acrylic stuff.

I have a £500 Burberry Cardie. I wrap and fold it when not wearing and specialist clean twice a year. No bobbles. All my cheaper ones I dry clean. I try not to wear them for long periods and air them in the drier for 30 seconds between wear and wrap and fold them. Wire hangers are banned from my house!

I have a few jumpers that I have paid £120 ish for, and for various reasons they have been well worth it in comparison to cheaper jumpers.

Fine knit merino, for example, is so much warmer than cheap mixed fibre or more loosely knitted sweaters. Expensive knitwear has lasted forever, too.

I wouldn't pay more than £20

Around £100

Depends on quality, just because it says All Saints or Reiss it doesn't necessarily mean the quality is good, if it was good probably up to about £150

If £40 is your budget I'd be looking at New With Tags on eBay or Vinted.

Handwash would not put me off if it was 100% wool as they just need spot cleaning and hanging up to air occasionally, I would not be actually washing them that often.

I generally prefer Shetland or merino wool to imported cashmere, and the brands I favour always have lots of knitwear satisfyingly reduced in the sales - maybe because no one else is buying it?

Don’t mind paying what I can afford for something that’s going to last years if not decades. One of the most beautiful things I’ve ever owned is a Top Shop designer collab merino wool, cable knit jumper bought in 2009 for about £150. Still going strong - people think the frayed neck is artfully designer distressed. Nope - it’s just old!)

I always wear wool over other clothes so it doesn't have to be washed much and put it folded in a drawer with moth killer as moths love a good quality woollen kept in a dark place

I usually get mine from Cos or Arket, which are around the £60/£70 mark. I often wait for sales, though, as knitwear tends not to date very quickly.

A lot of the brands in Next go in the sale so you will probably be able to pick up the lovely jumpers you have your eye on in January